Religion: A Wall of Separation

How far should the state go in supporting religious education? Or should
the state support such education at all? In the white marble temple of
the U.S. Supreme Court last week, a new engagement was fought in this
running battle. Atheist Vashti McCollum had a final hearing in her suit
to stop the board of education in Champaign, Ill. from allowing
religious instructions at her son's school (TIME, Feb. 10).

The two-year-old argument lasted about two hours in court. Some Saturday
soon the justices will decide in private conference whether the "wall
of separation between church & state" has been breached in...